1929 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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1929 Purdue Boilermakers football
Big Ten champions
Conference Big Ten Conference
1929 record 8–0 (5–0 Big Ten)
Head coach James Phelan (8th year)
Home stadium Ross–Ade Stadium
Seasons
« 1928 1930 »
1929 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Purdue $ 5 0 0     8 0 0
Illinois 3 1 1     6 1 1
Minnesota 3 2 0     6 2 0
Northwestern 3 2 0     6 3 0
Iowa 2 2 2     4 2 2
Ohio State 2 2 1     4 3 1
Michigan 1 3 1     5 3 1
Indiana 1 3 1     2 6 1
Chicago 1 3 0     7 3 0
Wisconsin 1 4 0     4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Purdue Boilermakera football team represented Purdue University in the 1929 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach James Phelan, the Boilermakers compiled an undefeated 8–0 record (5–0 Big Ten) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 187 to 44.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
October 5, 1929 Kansas State Ross-Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN W 26–14   -
October 12, 1929 Michigan Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 30–16   -
October 19, 1929 DePauw Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 26–7   -
October 26, 1929 at Chicago Chicago W 26–0   -
November 2, 1929 at Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI W 13–0   -
November 9, 1929 Mississippi Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 27–7   -
November 16, 1929 Iowa Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN W 7–0   -
November 23, 1929 at Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) W 32–0   -
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Players

  • Horace Buttner
  • Paul Calvert
  • Elbert Caraway
  • J. M. Christman
  • Richard Chubb
  • Harold Cloud
  • Al Deutch
  • Livy Eward
  • William Fulton
  • Glen Harmeson
  • Harry Huntsinger
  • Howard Kissell
  • William Mackle
  • Charles Miller
  • E. A. Moon
  • Lew Pope
  • James Purvis
  • Eddie Risk
  • Les Sherbeck
  • Elmer Sleight
  • Don Trimble
  • George VanBibber
  • Sam Voinoff
  • Ralph Welch
  • John White
  • Bill Woerner
  • Alex Yunevich

Coaches and administrators

References

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